WMO calls for stronger national drought policies
Because of climate change, the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts are expected to increase, according to the World Meteorological Organization, (WMO.
Because of climate change, the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts are expected to increase, according to the World Meteorological Organization, (WMO.
Relocating to a foreign country can offer many opportunities, but without job skills and good connections, migrants run the risk of being exploited.
Human trafficking, says the United Nations, is the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.
Human trafficking is taking place in one of the world’s newest nations, South Sudan.
Many women in Mali know all about the benefits of the shea tree.
They’ve been gathering its fruit for years to produce soaps and various products to sell.
Now, production hovers at 80,000 tons per year – but it has the potential to reach 250,000 tons and improve lives.
With the ongoing economic crisis in Europe, young people there are finding it harder than ever to find a job, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Abeline Razanamamy is an elderly widow living in central Madagascar. She is determined not to rely on anybody else for her survival.
She's maintained her independence by growing rice... a lot of rice.
From oil to tin, diamonds to gravel, metals to fish, the resources of the oceans and the sea are enormous, says the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea.
At a remote outpost in Qaanaaq, northern Greenland, one operator runs an infrasound station which detects atomic activity year round.
Two and a half years after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, have conditions in the poorest country in the western hemisphere improved?
August 10 marks a year that Angola has remained polio-free, moving the country and the world closer to total eradication.
Only three countries remain endemic – Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
In recent years, Angola has made significant progress in the fight against polio.